New Jersey Devils

New York, NY - The San Jose Sharks (4-3-1) offense took a bite out of the New Jersey Devils (2-7-1) in their 5-2 victory in Wednesday night hockey. The top line of Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Danny Heatley recording a whopping 13 points in a strong performance.
Thornton who had his fourth career hat trick added two assist, while Marleau and Heatley each had a goal and three assist in winning their first game at home in San Jose this season. In the cage for San Jose Antero Nittymaki made 27 saves in the victory.
Meanwhile for the struggling Devils David Clarkson and Andy Green were able to record goals, as the Devils have lost three straight and five of its last six games. In the ...

9 games.
That's a little over 10% of the season gone by.
5 points out of a possible 18.
Yikes.
The question many Devils fans have been asking recently is “When do we push the panic button?” Tonight’s 3-1 loss in New York to the Rangers is a clear indication that the button needs to be pressed as soon as possible.
The team is not performing up to expectations, that part is obvious, but what some players, coaches, and analysts don’t realize is that awful starts can absolutely KILL teams. With every early loss, the chance of sneaking into the playoffs in one of the final spots (if it should come down to it) gets less and less. The team isn’t used to being in this type...

New York, NY - New Jersey Devils (1-4-1) could not hold back the Boston (2-1-0) Barrage in the second period in the 4-1 loss to the Bruins on Saturday night at the Prudential Center. The Bruins had three unanswered goals to send the Devils to the teams second worst start to the season since the 1983 - ‘84 lean years.
Things started out well for New Jersey as they were able to have a solid first period. New Jersey even held a brief 1-0 lead in the second period as Dainius Zubrus connected off a wrist shot that was set up by Zach Parise and Andy Greene at the 3:45 mark.
Fans of the Devils had hoped that maybe the team would be able to capture a victory with several strong rushes to th...

New York, NY - Just when Devils fans thought that the team would start to go on a winning streak, their hopes were dashed by a very young and hungry Colorado Avalanche team. The Devils (1-3-1) were just edged out by Colorado (3-1-0) by the score of 3-2 in Friday night action at the Prudential Center.
The Avalanche took a quick 2-0 lead going into the second period before Matt Taormina connected for a power play goal at the 14:48 mark. Taormina who was set up by snipers Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrik Elias for the first goal in the 2010-11 season.
Chris Stewart struck early in the third period to give Colorado the 3-1 lead at the 4:31 mark. Kovalchuk tried to make the game close but the Dev...

New York, NY - It was a classic goaltending dual between Martin Brodeur and Ryan Miller, but the New Jersey Devils (1-2-1) prevailed with a 1-0 victory over the Sabres (1-2-1) in overtime as Illya Kovalchuk hit a wicked slap shot for the first Devils victory of the season.
Both teams were wanting to win but it was the Devils who were able to prevail as Matt Taormina and Jamie Langenbrunner was able to get the puck on Kovalchuk’s stick. The winger was able to put the puck into the net to release the weight of the losing streak off of the Devils back.
Both teams were able to grind and work, but it was the defensive play of the Devils along with the goalkeeping of Martin Brodeur who m...

0 wins, 2 regulation losses, and 1 overtime loss. Not quite the way things were drawn up for the Devils this season, but that’s exactly where they sit after today’s 3-1 loss to Sid the Kid and his Penguins. Flashes of brilliance have been there for this team, but they’ve been exactly that – flashes. They've had a harder time sustaining pressure this season than I've ever seen from them before.
In the loss today, there was a considerable amount of time spent on the penalty kill. Going down a man isn’t always a smart thing to do when your team is forced to dress only 15 skaters, which is exactly what the Devils were forced to do today. The well-publicized cap issues of the Devils ...

New York – All the headaches of the offseason have not lead to a good start so far for the New Jersey Devils (0-1-1) were defeated by the Washington Capitals (1-1-0) by the score of 7-2. Led by Alex Ovechkin who finished with two goals in what was a rough Saturday night for Devils keeper Martin Brodeur.
Ovechkin who completed the Washington four-goal second period by beating Brodeur on a penalty shot in one of the many Capitals ways in which they were able to score. The others included an even strength goal, a short-handed goal and the above mentioned penalty shot.
Also getting on the score sheet was John Calrson who had a goal and two assist for Washington which won its ninth straig...

A boisterous sellout crowd of 17,625 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey witnessed an exciting first game, with plenty of end-to-end action, but would not go home happy on Friday night. Dejected fans filed out of the arena after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Mike Modano-less Dallas Stars, to kick off the 2010-2011 season.
Loui Eriksson had 2 goals, including the overtime game-winner, in a game that will be known for the debut of the Parise-Zajac-Kovalchuk line, affectionally dubbed the “ZIP line” by Devils fans. (Z – for Zajac, I – for Ilya, and P – for Parise.) The line was absolutely brilliant to kick off the game, scoring twice in under ten minutes. It looked like the...

It was no secret that the New Jersey Devils have been scrambling to get under the cap the past few days. Sitting at roughly $3.5M over the limit, Lou Lamoriello has to do something before the deadline of 3 PM on Wednesday afternoon.
There was a lot of speculation and excitement over a possible major waiver move (i.e Brian Rolston, or Dainius Zubrus) or a trade of a big-name top six forward to free up some space, but as the deadline passed, there was no word of a major move. Other teams in the league knew that the Devils had their back against the wall, and no GM was willing to take on any contract to help their cause. But before 3 PM on Wednesday even had a chance to pass, the Devils made...

Something bad is going to happen to Sean Avery. It might not be the next time the New Jersey Devils play the New York Rangers, it might not be later in the season. Heck, it might not even happen this season. But one day, something bad is going to happen to Sean Avery.
This is not groundbreaking; I think every hockey fan with knowledge about Sean Avery can see it coming. Last night's game just reinforced to me that Avery will eventually have something bad done to him.
His game is simple: Antagonize opponents and get them to take stupid penalties. He plays his ‘game’ well. He was in mid-season form last night in the final pre-season meeting between the Devils and Rangers. In case yo...